Absattar Derbisali
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Absattar Baghysbaiuly Derbisali (15 September 1947 – 15 July 2021) was
Grand Mufti A Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is a title for the leading Faqīh, Islamic jurist of a country, typically Sunni, who may oversee other muftis. Not all countries with large Sunni Muslim populations have Gra ...
of
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.Spiritual leader congratulates Kazakh Muslims on traditional holiday
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He served as mufti from 24 June 2000 to 18 February 2013. In February 2013, Derbissali resigned to continue his activity in science and education. On February 26, 2013 Derbissali was appointed Director of Suleimenov Oriental Studies Institute. Derbissali was a member of the Academy of Science of Kazakhstan. He was a Doctor of
Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...
, a professor, an orientalist and a
diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...
. He held a diplomatic rank of the first class adviser. Derbissali was the author of 400 theoretical articles and practical developments in the Arab language and literature, ancient periods of Kazakh literature and
culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...
, Kazakhstan's spiritual connections with the Muslim countries of
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, as well as the
history of Islam The history of Islam is believed, by most historians, to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abr ...
,
Quran The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
and the sayings of
Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
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1947 births 2021 deaths Islam in Kazakhstan Kazakhstani imams Kazakhstani Sunni Muslims 21st-century imams Supreme Muftis of Kazakhstan People from Turkistan Region {{Kazakhstan-bio-stub